Recently, the Internet has been swiped by space elevators, and the attention to the Bennu asteroid has not formed enough heat. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

From the beginning of the apocalyptic theory in 2000 to the bland Christmas of 2012, people have been baptized by a thousand strange apocalyptic things.

Even if Jiang Chen stood in front of the media in a serious manner and told them that there was a colonial ship from the stars that had flown into the solar system from 20.5 light-years away for almost a century, it is estimated that people would laugh at most and label the chairman of the rich country with a few labels similar to "humor" and "love to tell bad jokes".

Thanks to this, the voices protesting against the irresponsible trade of the Star Ring trade were harsh, but not very strong.

However, this does not mean that some countries will give up on using this as an entry point to make irresponsible remarks about the "space hegemony" that is emerging in the warp trade.

For example, the United States, such as their little partner the European Union, and Latin American countries.

ESA first protested the "irresponsible" behavior of the new country, demanding that the new country explain the incident at the UN General Assembly in September this year.

Hua Guo only said that it is closely monitoring the progress of this incident and believes that the new Congress will properly handle the issue of the Bennu asteroid. Given the recent partnership with Ring Trade on the microgravity laboratory project, China's diplomatic rhetoric has been relatively peaceful, but it is clearly unhappy that Ring Trade has pulled the Bennu asteroid into the Earth-Moon system without the international community's knowledge.

The wording of the United States is quite tough, demanding that the new country immediately produce evidence to prove the safety of the Bennu asteroid, otherwise NASA will begin to study the plan to destroy the Bennu asteroid in outer space.

When he heard the trouble in Zhang Yaping's mouth, Jiang Chen suddenly laughed out loud and said disdainfully.

"Destroy? Where do I let them destroy it, they can destroy it?"

Landing on an asteroid is much more difficult than landing on the moon, and it is even more difficult to transport enough explosives to blast it. Of course, Jiang Chen believes that NASA has the strength to calculate the orbit of an asteroid, and he also believes that SpaceX has the ability to send explosives over.

But!

Send dozens of tons of special explosives with the equivalent of several dozen tons and install them? Just use the toothpick of the Falcon 9 to divert 10% of the annual US military spending to spaceX, and then give them two years to study the plan and two years to implement the plan, Jiang Chen believes that they may really have hope of blowing up the Bennu asteroid.

Anyway, his space elevator won't help deliver explosives.

Jiang Chen's reply to Zhang Yaping was also very simple.

"The solution to this matter is just one word, drag. ”

"We have already started the mining plan in advance, and we will release the edited asteroid mining video in the near future. ”

"Aren't they worried about being hit in the head by an asteroid? Then let them take a good look at the gap between the indigenous and the civilized. When they see the power of our knives on asteroids, they won't be suspicious there. ”

"I'm going to go to the future mining for a while, so I'll hang up first. ”

……

Inside the Pentagon, William James, dressed in a Marine Corps uniform, was led by a female civilian secretary to the door of a conference room.

Shortly after he returned to Washington from Koro Island, he was invited here by a special car sent by his superiors almost as soon as he got off the plane.

The female secretary nodded to him, pushed open the door to the conference room for him, and stepped aside.

James said thank you and walked through the door, and the look on his face was surprised when he saw the people in the room.

It is impossible for Bolden, the director of the NASA's black bureau, not to know that the black people who can achieve the ministerial level in this racially discriminatory country are the heroes or idols of these African immigrants. Sitting next to Bolden was Anthony Kerrigan, director of the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency, a lanky white man with a hooked nose and freckles.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA for short. This terrible department has another nickname, and that is "S.H.I.E.L.D."

As for the two people sitting in the first place, it is even more incredible.

One is the current Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, and the other is US President Hillary Clinton.

Taking a deep breath, William James was about to give a military salute to his immediate boss, but Mr. Carter had no intention of talking nonsense with him, and couldn't wait to speak.

"Mr. James, we'd like to hear what you've seen in the Ring City. ”

William James, of course, would not refuse, and the reason why the U.S. government sent the Marine Corps captain to attend the inaugural opening ceremony was itself intended to seek intelligence.

I saw that the black soldier nodded, swallowed and spat.

"After about five hours, we arrived at the geostationary orbit space station, which is Star Ring City. ”

"It's a little slower than the rocket. Mr. Kerrigan lowered his voice and whispered next to Hillary, "Our Falcon rocket won't take more than half an hour." ”

SpaceX received technical support from the DARPA division when developing the Falcon family of rockets, so Kerrigan's use of the phrase "our Falcon rockets" is not wrong. It's just that when he said this, Bolden glanced at him, but didn't say anything, and looked away after two seconds.

Hillary nodded, did not speak, but continued to look at James earnestly, waiting for the black soldier's next step.

"After arriving at the terminal, Transwarp Trade sent a guide and took us inside the Transwarp City. ”

According to him, the entire Star Ring City is a ring, and the ring is also the counterweight of the space elevator. There's a subway on it, there's a living unit, and there's an external space station......"

At this point, William James paused, and a hint of fascination gradually appeared in his eyes.

"The most striking thing is that they moved farmland to the space station. ”

All the high-level American leaders present looked at each other, and only Kerrigan turned his pen with disdain.

"There are also planting units on the ISS, which is not a special technology, so there is nothing surprising. We saw pumpkins from the ISS back ten years ago, is there anything else besides this?"

Clinton and Ashton nodded as well.

Just growing vegetables in space is not a new technology. As early as ten years ago, the United States had solved this problem in the laboratory, and 14 years later, it approved the establishment of a space farm in the United States area of the International Space Station, and successfully planted a variety of surface plants such as cabbage and carrots.

Compared with these inconsequential technologies, they are more concerned about the potential value of Star Ring City in terms of military and economic aspects.

Of all the people present, only Bolden was indifferent. Returning from the United Nations Outer Space Summit, he knew very well how advanced Star Ring Trade's space technology was.

It's hard to stand up to his boss, but William James felt the need to remind everyone in the room, so he whispered.

"But they have two thousand acres of ......"

The meeting room was so quiet that even a pin could be clearly heard on the ground.

The spinning pen had fallen off the notebook, and Kerrigan's mouth was slightly open, closed, and then opened again, like a robot.

Sheila was expressionless, truly expressionless, because she didn't know what to do to express the shock in her heart.

Even Bolden's black face changed color slightly. Even though he had been prepared, he was also severely shocked by the magnanimity of the Star Ring Trade.

It's easy to grow vegetables in space? It's really simple.

But what about large-scale farming? These are two different concepts entirely!

An embedded space station with an area of more than 2,000 acres? Is this Nima really called a space station?

Seeing that his immediate boss, the Minister of Defense, did not seem to have a good expression, William James hesitated and asked in a low voice, "...... Do you need to report on?"

Go on. Hillary said in a deep voice.

Seeing Ashton nod, William James continued.

"Most of the space stations are vacant lots, and we only see one of the 2,000 acres of farmland like that. ”

The people present breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this kind of shocking thing is not so easy to get, even with the financial resources of the Star Ring Trade, only one has been built.

But then, William James's words made everyone's mood finally improve, and they fell to the bottom in an instant. Kerrigan's jaw finally closed and fell again.

"I asked the guide why the vacant land was left unused and not all of it was planted with wheat. He told me that this kind of external universal space station can be used for many purposes, not just farming. They are ready to build houses on top of it, build factories. It's just that the population in Star Ring City is very small now, and there is no need to develop so many agricultural areas......"

Just then, William James's speech was interrupted, and a man who looked like an assistant pushed open the door and hurried into the conference room.

Facing a disgruntled gaze, he didn't care so much at the moment, took out the love crazy 8 mobile phone from his pocket, and greeted him in the direction of Hillary with a solemn face.

"What's the matter, Mr. Eric, don't you know we're in a meeting right now—"

"Warp Trade has a new move! Believe me, I didn't mean to break into the room, allow me to take up three minutes of your time!"

As he spoke, the man, known as Eric, tapped his phone a few times and presented it to Hillary.

Was it a video, or did it look like it was cut from a sci-fi movie......

Hillary frowned slightly, why did the White House assistant make a special trip to the conference room to show her this kind of Hollywood movie. Ashton glanced at the video, and at first he didn't think so, but he didn't know if he had found anything, and soon his expression gradually became exciting.

And Bolden, who was sitting next to him, froze his expression the moment he saw the panorama of the asteroid.

After a few moments, his stiff facial muscles twitched and he whispered.

"This is the Bennu asteroid...... The video doesn't feel like a CG. ”

Hillary, who was watching with relish, was stunned, looked at the phone with a ghostly expression, and exclaimed.

"It can't be!"

(Today's monthly pass is double!) (To be continued.) )